Aboriginal Quote by Richard Flanagan

Unfortunately for many Aboriginal people, of course, they've been in the situation of being herded on government reserves. Their own responsibility's been assumed by…

— Lowitja O'Donoghue

Under Howard, federal government support for black Australia slowly dried up. Services were slashed, native title restricted.

— Richard Flanagan

Present governments are encouraging separatism in Australia by providing opportunities, land, moneys and facilities available only to Aboriginals.

— Pauline Hanson

Within white Australia, there was a growing movement for what was known as reconciliation - a movement that peaked with millions marching in 2000…

— Richard Flanagan

What we've seen is an attempt by mainstream politics and politicians to co-opt movements that galvanize people in order for them to move closer…

— Alicia Garza

The time has now come for the nation to turn a new page in Australia's history by righting the wrongs of the past and…

— Kevin Rudd

Well, the role of money in politics is pretty corrupting right now.

— Caroline Kennedy

Poor quality of representatives... is not a purely Australian phenomenon - it's a worldwide phenomenon.

— Bob Hawke

Australia can no longer afford to go down the path of confrontation and fragmentation which has embittered and disfigured so many aspects of the…

— Bob Hawke

2009 was a tough year, but Australia rose to the challenge of the global financial crisis. It shows what can be done when we…

— Kevin Rudd

“The assumption soon proved wrong. Instead, as critics had warned, more and more of the money flooding into elections was spent by secretive nonprofit…

— Jane Mayer

We've done a lot of work with our government businesses to ensure that we can get reasonable returns but at the same time that…

— Peter Gutwein